More than a thousand striking miners have taken to the streets to show their discontent at their working conditions.

On Wednesday, thousands took to the streets here in Marikana, in the country's North West province, demanding a salary increase from Lonmin mines.

Undeterred by the shooting and killing of 34 miners by police on August 16 - and evidently energised by the release of some 270 of their workmates from prison on Monday - miners marched through Marikana to an assembly point adjacent to the Wonderkop hill outside the town to state their demands.

Wielding knobkerries and clubs, and chanting the names of miners who lost their lives on a day that has become known as the "Marikana massacre", workers shuffled through the streets, under the watchful eye of police and scores of onlookers - many of whom had shut their stores in the town.

Negotiations between management, union leadership and government have continued, with little success, with workers remaining resolute over their demands over a salary hike close to 300 per cent. Strikes also spread to other mines, most notably the Gold Fields mine, close to Johannesburg, raising the alarm that the unrest could spread to mines across the country.

Marikana itself, a mining town close to the city of Rustenburg, has been hit hard by the protracted strike.

Experts say if the strike is not resolved by Friday, Lonmin might have to shed its high cost operations. Already, Lonmin's shares have lost 15 per cent since the events of August 16.

And if Wednesday's march is anything to go by, miners are not yet ready to pick up their tools and return to work.

More than a thousand miners took to the streets of Marikana to show their discontent.

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Miners have remained steadfast on their original demands of a more than double salary increase.

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The strikers were monitored by a large police contingent, including helicopters and riot police.

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Many shops in the mining town closed in anticipation of possible violence.

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Nteboheleng Matubatuba, 22, says the prolonged strike has severely impacted business operations in the town.

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Many wives and girlfriends of the miners living in the settlements joined the strike.

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Wave by wave of miners marched to their meeting point close to their informal settlement.

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The crowds chanted the names of the workers who lost their lives on August 16.

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Some strikers climbed the "WonderKop" hill where the strike had originally begun, weeks ago.

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Industry experts say that the mine will incur severe damage if the strike continues for much longer.

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More than a thousand miners took to the streets of Marikana to show their discontent.

Al Jazeera

Miners have remained steadfast on their original demands of a more than double salary increase.

Al Jazeera

The strikers were monitored by a large police contingent, including helicopters and riot police.

Al Jazeera

Many shops in the mining town closed in anticipation of possible violence.

Al Jazeera

Nteboheleng Matubatuba, 22, says the prolonged strike has severely impacted business operations in the town.

Al Jazeera

Many wives and girlfriends of the miners living in the settlements joined the strike.

Al Jazeera

Wave by wave of miners marched to their meeting point close to their informal settlement.

Al Jazeera

The crowds chanted the names of the workers who lost their lives on August 16.

Al Jazeera

Some strikers climbed the "WonderKop" hill where the strike had originally begun, weeks ago.

Al Jazeera

Industry experts say that the mine will incur severe damage if the strike continues for much longer.